"Eagleton's great gift has always been to make formidable ideas entertaining and A Death of One's Own is characteristically studded with jokes, digressions and shafts of self-mockery."--Catriona Gray, Irish Post "Terry Eagleton is among the handful of contemporary writers I never fail to read, and his prodigious energies on the page remain a source of wonder. I will reread this book many times, and it will stay beside my bed for consolation and entertainment."--Jay Parini, author of Borges and Me "If Terry Eagleton didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent him."--Simon Critchley, author of The Book of Dead Philosophers "Eagleton's own critical interventions have always been distinguished by an exemplary clarity, not to mention a generous humour."--Kathryn Hughes, Guardian "Terry Eagleton is the most influential living British literary critic."--Robert Eaglestone, Times Literary Supplement "Reading a book by Terry Eagleton is like watching fireworks."--Dennis O'Brien, Christian Century "Eagleton is a witty, insightful thinker with a penchant for glib asides and wry dashes of humor.

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